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Weldon Irvine

Weldon Irvine is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Richard "Groove" Holmes and Freddie Hubbard. Those roots explain a lot about how Weldon Irvine arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Roy Ayers Ubiquity, Johnny Hammond, Gary Bartz, Jack McDuff and Lonnie Liston Smith, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Nina Simone, Q-Tip, Mos Def, Black Star and Mr. Dibbs, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 27 connections around Weldon Irvine, reaching back through Richard "Groove" Holmes and forward to Nina Simone. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
Weldon IrvineRichard "Groove" Hol…Freddie HubbardNina SimoneQ-TipMos DefBlack StarMr. DibbsBreakestraDon BlackmanTalib KweliRoy Ayers UbiquityJohnny HammondGary BartzJack McDuffLonnie Liston SmithDexter WanselIdris MuhammadLittle Beaver

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Weldon Irvine connections

Weldon Irvine grew out of Richard "Groove" Holmes and Freddie Hubbard, shares an orbit with Roy Ayers Ubiquity, Johnny Hammond, Gary Bartz and Jack McDuff, went on to shape Nina Simone, Q-Tip, Mos Def and Black Star. 27 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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